Lucian Strâmbeanu

Club career Strâmbeanu was born on 4 February 1947 in Bucharest, Romania and began playing junior-level football in 1963 at local club Dinamo. Subsequently, he played in both legs and scored once in the 4–2 aggregate loss to Pécsi Dózsa in the first round of the 1970–71 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. "U" was close to winning the title in the 1972–73 season, but they finished in second place on equal points with Dinamo București, losing controversially on goal difference. This outcome led poet Adrian Păunescu to nickname Craiova as "Campioana unei mari iubiri" (The Champion of a great love). In the same season, he was part of Craiova's team that won the league title, which was the club's first trophy, being used by coach Constantin Cernăianu in 33 games. The team reached the 1975 Cupa României final where coach Cernăianu sent him in extra time to replace Costică Ștefănescu in the eventual 2–1 loss to Rapid București. Strâmbeanu made his last Divizia A appearance on 16 May 1976 in a 0–0 draw against CFR Cluj, totaling 269 matches with five goals in the competition and nine matches with one goal in European competitions (including two matches and one goal in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup).

Death Strâmbeanu died on 7 May 1988 at the age of 42.

Honours Universitatea Craiova Divizia A: 1973–74 Cupa României runner-up: 1974–75